He said: “I was jealous of his ability to combine highs and lows and manage to stay level.”

The jury ruled Tom’s death was accidental. In a statement his family said: “The results of the inquest do not define our son. The fact that so very many people thought the world of him is what defines him as a person.”

EX-TORY Minister Edwina Currie, 66, was last night accused of disrespecting Tom’s family after branding his death “Darwinism at work” on Twitter. Fellow tweeters slammed the former MP, with one writing: ‘What a cheap, revolting thing to say.”